This was the first flag used
to represent the seceding Southern states, as a whole had a blue field
with a single white five pointed star in it center. During the war for Southern
Independence some units from Louisiana and Texas adopted the Bonnie Blue Flag as
their unofficial banner of the Confederacy. This flag with a blue field and a
single white star was used by the Louisiana Florida parishes when they formed
the Republic of West Florida in 1810. In Texas, various lone star designs were
used during the war for Texas Independence in 1836. The Bonnie Blue Flag was
first displayed during the Convention of the People of Mississippi, January 9,
1861, when it was raised above the State House. It was never officially adopted
by the Confederacy as a whole, but the design was used widely by several
southern states. The Bonnie Blue Flag was described in a song written by
Harry MaCarthy and first sang in New Orleans, Louisiana. Some military units
carried this flag into battle during the war!